Chapter 50 To Face A Titan!

Once 15 minutes were up, Hades waisted no time getting the Hades Cup back on track.

"So, now that we have THAT little intermission over with, let's get these games back on track!" Hades declared. "And I'm done with the small fry. Here is your next challenge!"

With a snap of his finger, Cerberus jumped into the ring.

"Great, now we have to deal with him again." Corrin muttered

"Hey, at least we know how to fight him." Sora said.

Hades just smirked. He knew that the reason those four were able to beat Cerberus before, was because Hercules had already tired him out before Sora ran into the ring. Now however, Cerberus was at full strength and those fools didn't stand a chance.

Cerberus charged at the group who dodged out of the way.

Corrin raised his arm that transformed as his mask appeared once again. "Hydro Shot!" Corrin shouted as he fired a blast of concentrated water at Cerberus's center head.

Sora unleashed his Strike Raid at the giant three headed dog causing it to stun while Donald casted a Stopra spell on it.

"Now it's open for a big hit." Donald smirked

Corrin got ready to transform into a dragon but stopped when he saw Cloud was gathering energy.

Once he was finished, Cloud opened his eyes as a blue aura covered him.

"FAREWELL!" He shouted and at insane speed, he jumped up and started to slash Cerberus from multiple angles so fast for the others to see him. After several slashes, he appeared right above the dog with his blade glowing with energy as he slammed it down knocking Cerberus out instantly.

"Even after that he still breathes. I guess I would expect nothing less from the beast that guards the Underworld." Cloud mumbled to himself as he turned to his allies who all bared a shocked expression on their face.

"What?" Cloud asked

Sora's face however was suddenly filled with joy and eager. "That was awesome! What was that?"

"I'll tell you later. We have bigger problems right now." Cloud said as he turned to Hades who was steaming mad.

"THAT'S IT!" He roared as a pillar of flame erupted from him. His body now red and orange instead of its usual blue and black.

"I AM THROUGH PLAYING AROUND!" Hades roared "I was saving this for Hercules, but it looks like I'm bringing out the big guns here! Come out!" With a snap of his fingers A giant creature made entirely out of ice climb over the walls and into the arena. Each step left ice in its place.

"Let the final match, BEGIN!" Hades declared

"Isn't that one of the titans?" Phil asked himself shocked from the entrance.

"What the heck is that thing?" Corrin asked in shock.

"I don't know, but whatever it is, it looks tough." Cloud said as he readied his sword.

From the stands, Hades had one heck of a smirk on his face. 'This is nothing like that copy I had to fight bluebird 10 years ago. This is the real deal.' Hades mentally cheered.

"Get ready guys, it's coming!" Sora warned.

The Ice Titan roared and unleashed a blast of ice from its mouth. Cloud jumped into the empty stands (No way Phil was going to sell tickets to something that Hades was plotting) while Sora and Corrin dodged out of the way. Donald and Goofy weren't so lucky and were frozen in place.

"Oh no, Donald! Goofy!" Corrin shouted. He was about to run up to them but the Ice Titan brought his arm down on top of him. Sora thankfully saw this and pushed his brother out of harm's way while Mushu jumped off Sora and unleashed a fiery breath that caused the Titan to reel back in pain.

"Great job Mushu!" Sora cheered.

"Please, it was YIKES!" Mushu was cut off by a Giant icicle that almost crushed him. He quickly scurried back to Sora.

"Had a feeling it was weak to fire. FIRA!" Corrin shouted as he shot a ball of Fire at the Ice Titan's face, but the Titan unleashed another breath of ice that completely froze the attack.

"WHAT?!" Corrin shouted confused

"It may be weak to fire, but it's too strong for just a frontal attack." Cloud said as he landed next to the two brothers.

"So, what do we do?" Sora asked

Before Corrin could answer, The Ice titan pointed its hand at the three and started to fire small icicles at them at rapid speed. Cloud jumped in the way and blocked them with his massive Buster Sword as Sora helped Corrin up and the two ran back with Cloud slowly following them still blocking.

"Cloud, can't you do that attack you used on Cerberus again?" Corrin asked

"I could, but it takes some time to charge up energy for it, and this thing doesn't look like it will give me the time." Cloud grunted as the attacks stopped and the Ice Titan slowly moved forward. With each step causing a shock-wave of Ice.

"If we could get it distracted or something, I could roast that large Popsicle." Mushu said.

"Distract it or…daze it…" Sora muttered lost in thought.

"Sora? You got something?" Corrin asked

"Well don't keep us waiting here." Mushu demanded

"If you have an idea, now is the time to do it." Cloud grunted as he readied himself for the next onslaught.

Sora was remembering back to his fight with the Darkside Heartless back in his dream and when the Islands were lost.

'I was able to deflect those energy balls it shot out of its chest back at it, I wonder if I could do the same here?' Sora pondered "Corrin!"

"Yeah?"

"Back on the islands, when I fought that Giant Heartless. I was able to bat those energy ball attacks right back at him with my Keyblade." Sora said.

"Yeah? And?" Corrin asked

"Well, what if we did the same with its Icicles?" Sora asked

"Well, it's not like we have much other options. I doubt my water attacks will do anything, and I dread to use Aero with all this cold air." Corrin said

"Well, get ready, because it's about to fire!" Cloud warned

Sora and Corrin ran right in front of Cloud. "We'll cover you. Start charging." Sora said and Cloud nodded.

The Ice Titan started to Fire Icicles at the two Islanders. Sora and Corrin started to use their blades like bats and started to knock the icicles away. They soon went flying in multiple directions all over the stadium.

One almost hit Hades in the head. Whom properly ducked

"HEY! WATCH IT!" He shouted

Some of the Icicles bounced right back and hit the Ice Titan right in the face causing it to stumble a bit. Just in time for Cloud to finish charging.

"Okay, here it goes!" And with that, Cloud started to attack the Titan similarly to how he beat Cerberus. Some of the attacks even ended up knocking of it's left arm. Cloud ended the attack with a powerful slash to the face knocking it down to one knee.

"Now's your chance Mushu! We'll help!" Corrin said as the three jumped up to the Ice Titan.

"FIRA!" Both boys shouted with Mushu unleashing every bit of his strength into one attack. The combination of the fire started to melt the Ice Titan to the point it was no bigger than Sora's Shoe.

Sora raised his foot to stomp on the little Titan who dodged it and fled out of the arena in quite a fast pace.

Hades looked at total shock over what had happened.

"NO! HOW?!"

"Anything else?" Cloud asked

"Grrr!" Hades growled before he relented. 'I'd love to deal with them myself, but I better go after that Ice Titan before Zeus finds it and locks it up again. And it wasn't easy getting that one out. Guess I don't have a choice' He thought. "Well, congratulations. You win this time. But mark my words. My plans are far from over. Both you guys and Hercules won't stop what I have in store." And with that, Hades vanished.


Back in the Lobby, Donald and Goofy were defrosted and Phil was congratulating them and presented a black eerie looking trophy for their victory.

"Not bad at all. Not many can say they faced a Titan and live. You guys may be heroes one day after all." Phil praised

"Thanks, but what's a Titan exactly?" Corrin asked

"Giant monsters that once rained destruction across the land." Hercules said as he entered the Lobby. "My father Zeus defeated and imprisoned them, but somehow, Hades managed to get one of them freed it seems."

"Herc!" Sora and Co cheered

"Great job back there. I heard what happened. Sorry I wasn't there to help." Hercules said

"No problem, we still won." Sora said with a smile.

"Well anyway, Take this." Hercules said holding a yellow orb out to the four.

"What is it?" Donald asked

"A gift from my dad. He said it will help you." Hercules said.

Sora grabbed the orb and suddenly he, Corrin, and Donald felt a serge of power in their magic.

"Wow, this feels amazing." Corrin said in awe.

"Ansem doesn't stand a chance now!" Sora cheered as Donald jumped in excitement.

"There are also some scrolls here too." Herc said handing one to Sora and one to Goofy.

"Hey Phil, you mind putting up with us for another day to learn these?" Sora asked

"After all you guys have done, no problem." Phil said.

"Well, let's get something to eat. I'm starving." Mushu said and with that, everyone left to eat.


After dinner, everyone went off to do their own things and Mushu went to seek Corrin.

"So, how is it you were able to Transform like that?" Mushu asked

"Honestly, I have no idea. My birth is a complete mystery and I remember next to nothing of the first 7 years of my life aside from a nightmare where I get kidnapped by this creepy pale guy that killed my father." Corrin said slightly annoyed

"Wow, that stinks." Mushu said

"Heck, I didn't even get this power until a few days ago. I'm still learning it." Corrin said

"Well, us Dragons are tough beasts. So, don't you ever forget it." Mushu said

Corrin just smirked. "Thanks, Mushu."

"No problem. Now come on, let's see what you can do with that form of yours." Mushu said and Corrin followed outside.


Sora found Cloud unsurprisingly, by himself.

"So, how are you holding?" Sora asked

"Fine.." Cloud simply replied.

"By the way, what was that attack you used out there?" Sora asked

"It's called Omnislash. A technique that I've been working to master for years, and before you ask, you're not ready for it." Cloud said knowing what Sora was going to ask.

"Darn." Sora mumbled. "By the way Cloud, are you sure you're alright? You look like you got something on your mind." Sora asked

Cloud was silent for a minute before speaking. "It's none of your business kid." And with that he left.

"Cloud...what is eating you?" Sora asked worried as he watch Cloud leave.


The next day rolled by and the group was trying their new powers. Sadly, Mushu had left early in the morning and Cloud went downtown to continue his search.

Sora learned a new power called "Ragnarok" which fired many small homing shots at the target.

Goofy learned a new skill he called "Cheer" Which gave some of his own used magic power to one of his allies that could use it.

Corrin was working on a new skill he decided to call "Hydro Blast" where after some more practice with Mushu last night, he found that when transformed he shoot high pressured water from his mouth at high speed. While using it did tire him out faster, he did find it more powerful that his Hydro Shot.

With a hard day of last minute practicing behind them, the next day rolled by and it was time to leave.

"Stay safe out there." Hercules said as he and Phil waved goodbye to the four world jumpers.

"And keep up the training." Phil said "You'll never make hero if you don't keep bettering yourselves."

"We will. And tank you for everything!" Corrin called out as the four left the lobby.


Outside the Colosseum, the four saw Cloud waiting for them.

"Cloud! What's up?" Sora asked

"I just wanted to say, good luck out there." Cloud admitted

"Cloud, are you sure you're okay?" Sora asked

Cloud shook his head as he turned around and started to walk off. "As I told you last time, it's nothing you need to worry about. Besides, you have your own mission to take care of, don't you?" Cloud said as he left.

"What is up with that guy?" Corrin asked

"I don't know. Hopefully someday, he'll tell us." Sora said sadly

And with that, the four boarded the Gummi Ship to head off to their final destination. To the End of the World.


And that's a wrap!

Okay, fight scenes are tough, but fight scenes with more people are even tougher. I apologies if this came off as pretty lacking.

As for the fight with Hades, I ultimately decided to drop it since I didn't want to do too much in this world since this is only the first game, and thanks to Kingdom Hearts 3, it doesn't seem like it takes place after the movie like I originally thought, but rather an alternate telling of it that expands through 2 and 3. That's why only one Titan showed up and why Hades is more concerned about retrieving it before Zeus throws it back in the lack with the other three Titans.